Tsunami Survivor – 10 Miles Out At Sea

Tsunami Survivor Found 10 Miles Out At Sea – A 60-year-old man has been found on the roof of his floating house nearly 10 miles out at sea, two days after the tsunami that devastated the north-east coast of Japan. Hiromitsu Shinkawa must have resigned himself to his fate when he was swept away by the retreating tsunami that roared ashore in his home town of Minami Soma in Fukushima prefecture. [guardian]

Massive Second Blast Strikes Japan Nuclear Plant – A hydrogen explosion rocked the earthquake-stricken nuclear plant in Japan where authorities have been working desperately to avert a meltdown, compounding a nuclear catastrophe caused by Friday’s massive quake and tsunami. [mail&guardian]

Google Releases First Satellite mages Of Japan After Quake – Google on Saturday released its first satellite images of Japan since the devastation that followed a massive 8.9-magnitude earthquake and tsunami that hit the island nation Friday afternoon local time. Google Earth users may view images from Kamaishi, located to the north of Sendai, an area extremely hard hit by the quake and tsunami. [latimes]

Gaddafi Forces Drives Rebels Out Of Brega – Muammar Gaddafi’s forces swept rebels from a key oil town Sunday with waves of strikes from warships, tanks and warplanes, closing on the opposition-held eastern half of Libya as insurgents pleaded for a U.N.-imposed no-fly zone. [time]

Lost City Of Atlantis May Be Found – A U.S.-led research team may have finally located the lost city of Atlantis, the legendary metropolis believed swamped by a tsunami thousands of years ago in mud flats in southern Spain. “This is the power of tsunamis,” head researcher Richard Freund told Reuters. “It is just so hard to understand that it can wipe out 60 miles inland, and that’s pretty much what we’re talking about.” [yahoo]

Zuma Confident Of Cape Town Victory – President Jacob Zuma is confident that the ANC can win back the city of Cape Town in the local government elections on May 18. Zuma launched the ANC’s provincial elections campaign at the Dal-Josafat stadium in Paarl yesterday. “We must unite to defeat the Democratic Alliance in the Western Cape,” the ANC president said. [timeslive]

Alec Baldwin Scolds Charlie Sheen – “I read in the paper today that Charlie Sheen is suing Warner Brothers for $100 million and the two of these things reminded me of one of the more character-building experiences that I had in my career, many years ago.” [huffers]

Charlie Sheen Buys $25,000 Barbie Foosball Table – Charlie Sheen was indeed right when he said, “I’m really starting to lose my mind” in an interview with Life & Style magazine. After being in the news for all his crazy acts, the actor is back in the news for spending a cool $25K on the limited edition Bonzini Babyfoot Barbie foosball table. [bornrich]

Questions Over High-Speed Internet Firm – Over the next six years i3 Africa hopes to connect about 2.5m households to fibre-optic networks (10 times the current speed). The British company made similar promises in England, Scotland and Australia, but the project failed because of contractual and technical problems. The British Serious Fraud Office is investigating the affairs of a funder of one of its previous divisions. [fin24]

Manuel In New Controversy – A beleaguered Trevor Manuel, who has apparently been marginalised within the ANC following his attack of government spokesperson Jimmy Manyi, may face a further backlash. The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) this week quoted the head of the National Planning Commission as saying the ArcelorMittal SA empowerment deal “”is the ugliest face of (BEE), but not the only instance”. [miningmx]

John Paul II Gets Facebook Page – The Vatican will unveil the latest installment in its social media transformation next week — a Facebook page dedicated to the upcoming beatification of Pope John Paul II. The site, which will link to video highlights of John Paul’s 27-year papacy, is designed to promote the May 1 beatification. But it may well continue beyond given the global and enduring interest in the late pontiff. [associated]

Spiderman Comic Book Sells For $1.1 Million – The comic book market continues to boom as the first comic book to feature Spider-Man sold for $1.1 million through comic book auction house ComicConnect.com, the same house that sold a 1938 edition of Action Comics No. 1, featuring Superman’s debut last year for a record $1.5 million. [luxist]

Victoria Beckham Expecting Baby Girl – David and Victoria Beckham have confirmed they are expecting a baby girl for their fourth child. Victoria, 36, is due to give birth to her first daughter in the summer, adding to her brood of three boys, Brooklyn, 11, Romeo, eight, and Cruz, five. Finally, she gets the girl. Stunning scenes. [pressassoc]

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